Stamp 18beta1.

configure

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for PostgreSQL 18devel.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for PostgreSQL 18beta1.
 #
 # Report bugs to <pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org>.
 #
@@ -582,8 +582,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='PostgreSQL'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='postgresql'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='18devel'
-PACKAGE_STRING='PostgreSQL 18devel'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='18beta1'
+PACKAGE_STRING='PostgreSQL 18beta1'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org'
 PACKAGE_URL='https://www.postgresql.org/'
 
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures PostgreSQL 18devel to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures PostgreSQL 18beta1 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1533,7 +1533,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of PostgreSQL 18devel:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of PostgreSQL 18beta1:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-PostgreSQL configure 18devel
+PostgreSQL configure 18beta1
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -2477,7 +2477,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by PostgreSQL $as_me 18devel, which was
+It was created by PostgreSQL $as_me 18beta1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -14540,7 +14540,7 @@ fi
 if test "$with_libcurl" = yes ; then
   # Error out early if this platform can't support libpq-oauth.
   if test "$ac_cv_header_sys_event_h" != yes -a "$ac_cv_header_sys_epoll_h" != yes; then
-    as_fn_error $? "client OAuth is not supported on this platform" "$LINENO" 5
+    as_fn_error $? "client-side OAuth is not supported on this platform" "$LINENO" 5
   fi
 fi
 
@@ -20049,7 +20049,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by PostgreSQL $as_me 18devel, which was
+This file was extended by PostgreSQL $as_me 18beta1, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -20120,7 +20120,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-PostgreSQL config.status 18devel
+PostgreSQL config.status 18beta1
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 

configure.ac

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dnl Read the Autoconf manual for details.
 dnl
 m4_pattern_forbid(^PGAC_)dnl to catch undefined macros
 
-AC_INIT([PostgreSQL], [18devel], [pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org], [], [https://www.postgresql.org/])
+AC_INIT([PostgreSQL], [18beta1], [pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org], [], [https://www.postgresql.org/])
 
 m4_if(m4_defn([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION]), [2.69], [], [m4_fatal([Autoconf version 2.69 is required.
 Untested combinations of 'autoconf' and PostgreSQL versions are not

meson.build

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 project('postgresql',
   ['c'],
-  version: '18devel',
+  version: '18beta1',
   license: 'PostgreSQL',
 
   # We want < 0.56 for python 3.5 compatibility on old platforms. EPEL for